Deco S4

Five year old router technology. I suggest upgrading to a mesh network. Try the TP-Link Deco S4 system for testing purposes.

Hey take my questions worth two grains of salt but have you considered the tp-link deco mesh they are pretty inexpensive compared to orbi imo. And they are interchangeable (e.g. one x20 as the main and 3 s4’s)

Get a wifi extender or maybe two - they can create a mesh network with your downstairs wifi router and extend your wifi as far as you want. 2.4 GHz Wifi can only go maybe 100 feet where there are walls or floors, or 40 feet for 5 GHz, so you may need multiple wifi extenders to daisy-chain their way

I own a bunch of Ubiquiti gear (but not any of their APs) and while it works great you do need to be a lot more comfortable managing your network than you do with consumer-oriented gear like Asus. I'd suggest looking at mesh Wi-Fi systems where you get multiple APs and can place them as needed for b

I’ve been using TP-Link deco S4 and a wifi 6 one for some years now

EDIT: Forgot to head this up with saying Range Extenders are essentially Band-Aids for WiFi. They don't give you what you need/want in today's standards. Mesh system fixed my similar issues and works great. I recently upgraded my TP-Link mesh system from a simple Dual Band to Wifi-6 (better range an

It's not even 900Mbps packages that suffer like this. My family has a 250Mbps package, which can get the vast majority of this through Wi-Fi downstairs and in the room above the router. But anywhere else in the upper floor, speeds diminished rapidly.I could get just above 100Mbps at the far end of t

I've used and installed TP-Link Deco Wi-Fi. M9Plus, M5 and S4. All have worked great. Those are comsumer products. You can go pro-sumer and get TP-Link Omada. I use this in my house currently. Outside I use eap225-outdoor and indoor I use eap720. You can get PoE switches where you need more ethernet

I had my PS5 working on wifi and was having these stuttering issues, however when I ran it direct to my deco, it cleared. Also using Xbox cloud gaming and it runs amazing. From casual games like octopath traveller to demanding games like fortnite. ISP verizon FiOS 300/300 tp link deco S4 mesh wifi

Consumer-grade equipment often can't handle dozens of wireless clients efficiently. Assuming that your setup is like this: Bridged ISP > Primary S4 > Switch > The rest of your stuff . . . then you should be seeing decent wired speeds. If you get 1GB speeds when directly connected to your ISP's route